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E Niwas
The lad who made a very humble beginning as Ram Gopal Verma's tea -boy has become one of the most sought after new breed of directors of Bollywood.

Hyderabad:  Not much is known about this shy guy from Hyderabad, who has made such an upfront impact with his hard-hitting political thriller, 'Shool'.I t was followed with a comedy 'Love Ke Liye Kuchh Bhi Karega' and now with the release of "Dum" E Niwas has arrived. E Niwas, or Shinu as his friends call him, is the second among three sons. The self-confessed Chiranjeevi devotee never dreamt that one day his name would be on the screen as director of a film which everyone from Amitabh Bachchan in Mumbai to the rickshaw-wallah in Bihar would rave about. The director, who speaks in halting English, thinks in Telugu and makes films in Hindi.

The lad who made a very humble beginning as Ram Gopal Verma's tea -boy and can boast of no institute training but only hands-on experience has become one of the most sought after new breed of directors of Bollywood.

- February'2003

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